1171"Christmas drew on, which the King kept at Dublin, where he feasted all the Princes of the land, and gave them rich and beautiful gifts, they repaired thither out of all parts of the land, and wonderful it was to the rude people to behold ............ the pastime, the sport, and the mirth, and the continual musicke, the masking, mumming, and strange shewes..............

The Chronicles of Hamner (1633)

The last recorded performance of the Mummer's Play in Dublin City was in the King's Inns in the mid 17th century. That performance brought to a close a tradition of three and half centuries. After a break of approximately the same duration, Mummery returns to Dublin.